Kripalu Programs Coordinator

Kripalu • Stockbridge, MA

388d • $20 - $20

About The Position

Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to serving people and communities in realizing their full potential through the transformative wisdom and practice of Yoga. Our purpose is to ignite personal and societal transformation and our vision is a world united in service towards well-being, justice, and peace. Kripalu teaches skills for optimal living through experiential education for the whole person; body, mind, and spirit. It is the largest retreat center for yoga, health, and holistic living in North America. Each day, our employees strive to offer loving and compassionate service to our guests and for each other. Kripalu is committed to being an employer and community where all belong. We seek employees eager to join us as together we further develop into a workforce and workplace that embodies timeless yogic principles and urgent present-day practices of accountability. Part of this important work includes our team and Board of Trustees ongoing development to shift our understanding, behaviors, policies, and culture to fully embrace the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or 2 years of related experience with a positive track record
• Experience and knowledge of experiential programming, education, or transformational industry
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines to achieve departmental and organizational goals
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Excel, and Word, as well as the ability to learn in-house technical applications

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with Kripalu Lineage Teachings and Methodology
• Expertise in a field that would contribute to this department would be strongly considered (i.e., event planning, education, budget management, or faculty management)

Responsibilities

• Collects schedule availability from faculty
• Partners with Director of Kripalu Programming to match faculty to program content to design a yearly program schedule in accordance with departmental strategic and revenue goals
• Request and manage essential program information once a program is confirmed
• Submit completed booked forms to get programs contracted, built in our system, and promoted
• Partner with faculty and Marketing in requesting and submitting program descriptions, and presenter headshots and bios, as needed
• Partner with key internal departments to execute programs and events
• Attend weekly Kripalu Programs and Virtual Boards meetings to understand overall Kripalu program calendar and skillfully advocate for department needs relative to programming aims
• Supports the day-to-day operations of the R&R department, providing as-needed communication of emergent schedule changes to Guest Services, Production, and Faculty
• Work within Kripalu-specific systems to support scheduling of a high-volume department
• Answer faculty questions related to scheduling and payment
• Support scheduling of prospective faculty auditions and workshop demonstration days
• Willingness to be cross-trained across department
• Perform other duties as assigned by Management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees